On Thursday, October 13, 2005, at 10:35 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
The DCS-14n was built out of Nikon body parts , the DCS-14c seemed to
be built out of Sigma body parts with a EOS lens mount, the Camera
electronics and functions followed the manufacture of the body parts
style. The Sensor and support electronics were farmed out to someone
else entirely.
Correct. The Sigma SLR cameras were originally going to have Canon EOS
mount, but before production Canon had second thoughts about the
licensing and pulled out. So Sigma created their own bayonet, but the
electronic contacts and protocols follow Canon specs. It was very easy
for Kodak to swap the Sigma mount for a Canon mount without changing
much else.
The sensor came from fillfactory in Belgium. www.fillfactory.com
While many reported problems with high noise levels, I didn't have that
complaint when I shot with the DCS-14n for a couple of months. I did
find skin tones somewhat "pasty" and unnatural, but I heard that a
later firmware upgrade fixed that.
Bob
